Short textbook of public health medicine for the tropics. /
Adetokunbo O. Lucas, Herbert M. Gilles.
- Revised 4th ed.
- London: CRC Press, 2002.
- x, 389 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Concepts in public health and preventive medicine -- Health statistics: information for health -- Epidemiology -- Communicable diseases: infections through the gastro-intestinal tract -- Infections through the respiratory tract -- Arthropod-borne infections -- Non-communicable disease: health in transition -- Nutritional disorders -- Organization of health services -- Approaches to economic evaluation -- Family health -- Environmental health -- Health promotion and education -- International health co-operation --